This picture was taken in the Isbell home 40 N. 200 E., in Dec. 1963 to go with an article for the papers about his 100 year old folding chair that he gave to the College of Southern Utah for preservation and safe keeping. Mr. Isbell is 90 years...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
I. Our school is an emblem of glory, Its standard floats high on the breeze; Let our deed e'er be worth of story That shall live where the whole world sees. Chorus -- Then shout and sing, let our...
Fennemore, merchant and photographer; George Buckner, brewery; Selig and Simon, wholesale liquors; Michael Powers, Star Saloon; Mrs. E. Smith, restaurant; The Bettensen Hotel; The Centennial Hotel, (Mrs. Betty Mathews, proprietress); James Low...
ing dailies, tri-weeklies and weeklies vied simultaneously with one another for patronage, while other Utah towns of much greater population permitted a lone newspaper
to starve.
THE BEAVER ENTERPRISE was the name of the
first newspaper, the first...
pared with the wax or tallow candles, they were far superior. Most women prided themselves on keeping the lamp filled, trimmed, and the chimney shining.
Gas lights were suspended from the ceilings in a few homes out of the Beaver city limits. These...
About 1912 the I. 0. 0. F. Lodge sold the building to the Masonic Lodge. Dances continued to be held on the first floor until the Arion Hall was built. EARLY CARS IN MILFORD The first car that was ever in Milford was called a Smith. The owner of...
Tues. Mar. 10, 1903: Ther. Pleasant., Wea. Few thin clds, Moved on over the ridge in the same direction and located in the head of a grassy hollow that runs to the reserve. 36) Wednesday 11: Ther. Pleasant., Wea. breeze from south. Thin clouds. We...
30 Days June 20 Wednesday 1928. Commenced work for Nevad Contracting Company at $3.50 per day.
Th 21 am working at the first switch-back below the Tunnel.
22 Fri.- 25 Mon. very hot and clear am keeping the road repaired for the trucks...
31 Days July 10 Tuesday.-11 W Got my first check $32.03 have drawn a little from the comissary. 12-16 Mon. Some old rotene from one job to another but mainly keeping up the road.
Sun. April 26, 1908: Pleasant Clear White frost last night Attended meeting this afternoon. Mon. 27: Cool Clear Toning some photo prints. Tues. 28: Pleasant Clear Windy Plowing for father in the Wire field Wed. 29: Warm Clear Finished plowing in...
Lewis Root. Joseph S . Hunter, a n d Kumen Jones to attend Council meeting T h u r s d a y n e x t . April 19. 1877.. .Joseph H. Smith. George H u n t e r , Lehi J o n e s , and George P e r r y J r . appeared a t Council meeting and were informed...
1877.. .Roll of attendance. -Mayor: Councilmen:
[took office in August 1877) John Chatterley Christopher J . Arthur Robert Heyborne Henry Leigh Homer Duncan Jens Nielson Louis Fischer
Recorder:
Sept. 2 6 , 1877 ...The Mayor was i n s t r u c t e...
Nov. 7. 1878.. . T h e Committee on Judiciary reported a s follows: W have obtained and examined from t h e exe Recorder's office, two record hooks, one City warrant book, one auditor's a / c book, one dog tax hook, one assessor tax list for 1878,...
the City Surveyor designate the lines bounding the right-ofway owned by the City immediately, and that the Marshal proceed to the removal of said obstruction. Carried. Motion by Councilman Leigh t h a t the Liberty Pole he placed on the NW Corner...
Dec. 2 3 , 1886 ... The Mayor requested the reading of the petition for a-billiard license. Councilman Perry introduced a bill for an ordinance amending the ordinance regulating the sale, manufacturing, and otherwise disposing of spirituous,...
May 6 , 1 9 0 1 . . .Committee on Public Grounds recommended that we lease the City Park to Joseph Stevenson, if he will keep the fences in good repair and water the t r e e s . Granted. Petition of Hyrum Dutton protesting against the City using...
Claim of Dixie Power Company for installing underground lighting system for 53,038.92 was allowed. Motion Councilman Pace that the Committee on Streets confer with the Telephone Company Board, o r i t s President. and make formal demand t h a t...
EUGENE CHRISTENSEN Biography 1889 - 1955 Eugene Christensen was born February 24, 1889, in Redmond. Utah. He married Eva Murphy August 18, 1909, in t h e Salt Lake L.D.S. Temple. After he was married, he went on an L.D. S . Mission t o t h e...
Aug. 15, 1935 ...M r . Val Johnson, Al Cline, a n d Mont Hunter from t h e Lion's Club met a n d recommended t h a t the City e r e c t semaphores a t t h e intersection of Center a n d Main, First North a n d Main, a n d a t Center a n d T h i r d...
met with the Council and submitted a report as to traffic and parking on Main Street, the main points were a s follows: 1. The yellow lines on Main Street should be extended from the curb to the back of the cars. 2 . The automobile dealers should...